U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert will not only face opposition from the other side of the aisle in her second re-election bid next year but now another fellow Republican wants to take her on for the primary. Attorney Jeff Hurd announced this week that he is throwing his hat into the ring for the Republican nomination for the 3rd Congressional District, which Boebert has represented since January 2021. pic.twitter.com/CCYJjzibEu — Jeff Hurd (@jeff4colorado) August 16, 2023 He took a veiled swipe at the pugnacious second-term congresswoman in his announcement on X, saying the people of the rural largely Western Slope district deserve a representative who is “committed to consensus-building and has a proven track record of being part of the solution, not creating more problems.” Hurd, a former board chair for the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, is a Colorado native.